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What elements and themes do popular Young Adult novels have in common?
What kind of people enjoy YA literature?

>> No.6115029

>>6115015
Coming of age, teen love, fighting the oppression of a tyrannical organization.

>> No.6115105

Dystopia, love triangles

>> No.6115129

>>6115015
any fears, hopes, wishes young adults have x10
>stranded on a deserted island
scenarios tend to work well as they adress topics like indenpendancy and self-reliance

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6115152

>themes
>young adult fiction

pick one

>> No.6115189

>>6115129
I'm really out of touch, what fears, hopes and wishes do Young Adults have exactly?

>> No.6115212

>>6115189
i feel baited, this should be easily deducible.
https://books.google.de/books?id=ze5SAQAAQBAJ
http://www.theguardian.com/starbucks-youth-action/great-expectations-young-people-hopes-dreams
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ALAN/v30n3/pdf/wasserman.pdf

>> No.6115244

>>6115152

All books of any genre no matter how popular have themes.

>> No.6115316

>>6115152
theme doesn't imply quality

just like the word art doesn't mean good art

>> No.6115402

>>6115244
but the more popular something is the worse it gets right?

>> No.6115415

>>6115244
No.

Motifs, maybe. Not themes.

>> No.6115472

>>6115415
No matter how inane they may be, YA books have themes.

What is your definition of theme?